Cons

One of Nokia's "Xpress Music" music phone's evolves the line from its rocky start with the slider 5300. The 5310 is a candybar phone, and in that sense, somewhat unremarkable. However, like the other Xpress Music phones, the 5310 carries a trio of music keys, which according to review sites like GSMarena and MobileBurn performs "very well".

Nokia's decision to include a standard headphone jack was very well recieved, and that it's mounted to the upper edge earned the device a place in many people's collection as a replacement for iPod nanos and similar devices.

The 2MP camera is the most criticized piece of the phone, called "sluggish" by GSMarena.